英语听力：自然百科 徒步南非 喀拉哈里大沙漠(11)

Namibia. But today Riemvasmaak is fully¹ restored,

纳米比亚。但是今天里福马萨克可是人满为患,

an unlikely settlement with famous past and quite possibly a future full of visitors like me.

一个不太可能有着著名过去和将来的地方挤满了像我一样的游客。

But before I head out into the Green Kalahari,

但是在我走进绿色的喀拉哈里沙漠之前,

let's take an aerial look at the route I've prepared.

让我们从空中看看我已经准备好的一条路线。

From the centre of Riemvasmaak, I'll be heading west towards the Orange Valley,

从福马萨克的中心,我将径直西去至奥兰治谷,

over undulating ground until the way literally² disappears beneath my feet.

越过起伏的地面,直到道路消失在我脚下。

This is the Molopo Gorge³, the dramatic path of a river that hasn't flowed here for generations.

这是莫洛坡峡谷, 世代没有在这里流淌戏剧性的一条河流。

The cliffs eventually shorten and the valley widens as the riverbed makes its way downhill to join the consistent waters of the Orange.

悬崖最终变短而河谷扩大,因为山下的河床加入到奥兰治河一致的水域当中。

1 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

2 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。

3 gorge   

n.咽喉，胃，暴食，山峡；v.塞饱，狼吞虎咽地吃

参考例句：

• East of the gorge leveled out.峡谷东面地势变得平坦起来。
• It made my gorge rise to hear the news.这消息令我作呕。